[Intro]
C G F x2
[Verse 1]
C G
We had our heart strings dangling ripe for the yanking
F
And lot of reasons grabby was good
C G
Poor huddled masses singing boots up their asses
F
Giving grabby what he needed to pull
C G
All the way back to where ghosts from the past were still
F
Fighting their wars from the grave
C G
Complete with record burning and threatening and spurning
F
The crime of getting blood on the page
C G F x2
[Verse 2]
C G
Since the big one ended we'd been mostly pretending
F
We'd have had the same gumption and grit
C G
As the greatest among us when harm came upon us
F
We wouldn't hesitate to defend
C G
But with or against something's been out to get us
F
And it looked like something finally did
C G
No nobler cause in our lifetime for setting our
F
Sails to the wind
[Chorus]
G F
But once they banned Imagine it became the same old war its always been
C G F
Once they banned Imagine it became the war it was when we were kids
G F
But once they banned Imagine it became the same old war its always been
C G F
Once they banned Imagine it became the war it was when we were kids
[Bridge]
Am F C x2
[Bridge Verse]
Am F
Are you now or have you ever been in cahoots
C Bb
With the notion that people can change
Am G
When history happens again if you do
F
Or you did you'll be blamed
Am F
From baseless inquiry to no knocking entry
C Bb
Becoming the law of the land
Am G
To half cocked excuses for bullet abuse
F
Regarding anything browner than tan
[Chorus]
G F
Cause once they banned Imagine it became the same old war its always been
C G F
Once they banned Imagine it became the war it was when we were kids
G F
Cause once they banned Imagine it became the same old war its always been
C G F
Once they banned Imagine it became the war it was when we were kids
